{Not} Back-to-School Blog Hop ~ Meet the Students

It's Student Photo Week at iHomeschool Network's {Not} Back-to-School Blog Hop. I would like to introduce to you the 2013/2014 students of Pursuit Academy.

We have students here, there, and everywhere. And each year we have homeschooled it has been different. This year we have one starting Cosmetology school in October, one in our public high school, and two homeschooled 3rd/4th graders. Here they are:

I'll update this with her 1st day photo once she starts school.

Kyndal is our oldest. She is 18 years old and graduated from public high school in May. She is enrolled in cosmetology school and begins her classes on October 1st. She will spend 8 weeks doing all of her classwork and then will move out to the salon for training. Her schooling will be complete in September of 2014.

Dawson is our second child. He is 16 years old and is a junior at the public high school where I graduated. This year he is taking Algebra I, U.S. Government, Chemistry, English III, Drawing/Painting, Multi-Media, and FTA (tutoring in Geometry to work toward his A+ Scholarship requirements).

Eli is our third child. He is 9 1/2 years old and is in his second year of homeschooling. Eli is currently a 3rd grader and will promote to 4th grade in January (although we call our younger two 4th graders already). His classes this year are Old Testament, Grammar, Handwriting, Spelling, Multiplication, Writing, Personal reading, U.S. Geography, Science (various unit studies), and a year-long Literature study with Paddle to the Sea by Holling C. Holling.

Brynne is our youngest child. She is 8 years old and has homeschooled since her 6th week of kindergarten. Brynne is currently a 3rd grader and will promote to 4th grade in January. Her classes are the same as Eli's as they are homeschooled together.

If you would like to read more personal information about each of the kids, you can go to my recent post "U is for Us".

Cells ~ It's What's for Dinner

Dawson made edible cells on Friday. He made an animal cell pizza ... and a plant cell chocolate chip cookie ... He reviewed what he's learned about cells the past two weeks, and I had dinner made by someone else. Win, win!! I am linking up at Science Sunday at Adventures in Mommydom.

A New Year, the Same Me

Happy 2019! It is that day of the year where everybody is up extra early starting their new exercise routine, eating only healthy foods, cracking open the pages of a new planner and Bible study, and debuting their Word for the year. You chuckle or roll your eyes, but you are doing at least three of these things. By the way, so am I. So let's start with the Word of the Year. Mine this year is Lagom. It's the Swedish word for "not too little, not too much, just right". It's a concept of being, doing or having just enough. So let's rewind to last New Year's Day. My Word was Might. And that's how I planned to tackle my year. And, I did. I worked out hard, I mommed hard, I traveled hard, I worked hard. And it was a good season. It prepared the way for this year. I accepted the Challenge I set for myself and succeeded. But, I don't need to keep up that pace. I am at a place in my life where I can kind of sit back and enjoy my life without f...

Science Sunday ~ Hmmm ... Let Me Think About It!

This week in our study of the Human Body , Brynne moved on to the Nervous System . Our first stop was a Pamela Hill Nettleton book called, Think, Think, Think: Learning About Your Brain . As part of our discussions about the brain , and the fact that it's the BOSS of the body, we discussed the importance of the spinal cord . We did a hands on spinal cord project by alternating gummy Life Savers and wagon wheel pasta on a pipe cleaner. We talked about why there was the "squishy" stuff in between the vertebra and how the back can bend and sway because of it. We completed "The Brynne" by adding the stomach, small intestine and large intestine, from our study last week of the Digestive System (although I just realized I have the large intestine coming out of the stomach, when the small intestine should be) and the brain and spinal cord. We are now done talking about the parts of the body and will conclude our study of the Human Body with a two-day unit ...

AnonymousAugust 20, 2013 at 11:02 AM
Love the boards. So clever. =)
Your year outline sounds fabulous.
Yeah, thinking we will do a similar outline too for Road Trip USA. We may need to only do 3 lessons per week as I tend to get side tracked easily. I always have the best intentions, lol.

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